are are you saying this is now being handled bye dick, by fiat rather than the legislative proceed. >> it's interesting. the president himself and the last administrator lisa jackson early in their tenure suggested that legislation was the way to go. for an issue that is so economy-wide, shakes the economy literally to its foundation, legislation is really needed. the use of mere regulatory authority under the existing clean air act is, in my judgment, improper. i think lisa... i think gina mccarthy is a realist who will quickly realize that overbroad regulatory interpretations are probably illegal, inadvisable and are likely to stifle economic recovery in the united states. >> ifill: michael brune, on that point? >> it seems a little overstated to me. first of all the clean air act was signed by president bush about 25 years or so ago. and what the president needs to do is simply follow the law and protect public health by curbing carbon pollution. the good news here is that clean energy in obama's second term is a lot cheaper than it was in his first term. the price of solar has dro